{"id":473535,"date":"2023-12-20T06:57:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T10:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=473535"},"modified":"2023-12-20T06:57:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T10:57:05","slug":"morant-shares-winner-in-memphis-return-perfect-ending","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/morant-shares-winner-in-memphis-return-perfect-ending\/","title":{"rendered":"Morant shares winner in Memphis return \u2018perfect ending\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With almost 10 seconds left in his delayed campaign debut, Memphis Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant was crucial for his organization to return from a 24-point deficit to tie the result vs. the New Orleans Pelicans.<\/p>\n<p>Ja even suggested how the Grizzlies last attack to happen: post-up for power forward Jaren Jackson Jr. However, point Desmond Bane disapproves of Morant\u2019s plan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JA MORANT WINS IT AT THE BUZZER ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tu2MAComDY\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/Tu2MAComDY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAonTNT\/status\/1737308354819559787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bane told me, &#8216;F&#8212; no, you will get the final shot,'&#8221; Ja shared after the Grizzlies&#8217; 115-113 victory. &#8220;So, at that moment, I pretty much just had to lock in and go deliver. And fortunately, I did.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ja finished with 34 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists and notched his 1<sup>st<\/sup> match-winning buzzer-beater in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel fantastic as that was a perfect match for me, and I\u2019m happy. It&#8217;s a perfect day,&#8221; the Grizzlies point guard added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was phenomenal,&#8221; admitted Jackson, who scored 24 points in the Memphis victory.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ja Morant: &#8220;I&#8217;ve been putting work in, man. I ain&#8217;t played a game in 8 months&#8230; Basketball is my life, what I love, therapeutic for me, and I&#8217;m just excited to be back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Ready: &#8220;Alright, walk us through that last play?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ja: &#8220;Call 12.&#8221; ?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F61Auoiwpk\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/F61Auoiwpk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClutchPoints\/status\/1737316383409512678?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With almost 10 seconds left in his delayed campaign debut, Memphis Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant was crucial for his organization to return from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4225,"featured_media":473536,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17281,16884,17837],"news_category":[16706,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[17950,17838,1067],"acf":{"announce":"Ja notched a buzzer-beater for the victory in his return.","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/473535"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473535"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/473535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":473539,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/473535\/revisions\/473539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473535"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=473535"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=473535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}